Incandescent mantle.



A. HERSKOVITZ.

INCANDESCENT MANTLE.

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.ABRAHAM HERSKOVITZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR T0 PEERLESS LIGHT COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

INCANDESCENT MANTLE.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed November 26, 1915. Serial No; 63,363.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it lknown that- I, vABRAHAM HnRsKovrTz, ay citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Incandescent Mantles, yof which the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to incandescent gas mantles and hasa special reference to that class of mantles known asthe inverted type, and its principal object is to provide improved self contained means for facilitating the handling of the fragile gas mantle and for temporarily supporting the mantle in a carton or wrapper out of contact with the side wall thereof, whereby danger o-f breakage during storage or shipment is eliminated. It is well-known that mantles are constructed of material which must -be handled with great delicacy and care and it frequently happens that the mantle is injured when placing it in the carton or removing it therefrom. With my improved mantle supporting device such danger is practically removed. Furthermore with my improved holder, it is possible to readily detach the mantle from a burner after having been in use, and to replace it thereon, which is almost impossible to accomplish with mantles unprovided with a holder of the present type.

This invention consists therefore ofthe several novel features hereinafter set forth and claimed. A

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawing, accompanying this specification, in which Figure 1, is a central, longitudinal section through a' carton with an incandescent gas mantle, embodying a simple form of the present invention, contained therein; Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the mantle; and Fig.

3, is an end view looking inthe direction of the arrow 3, in Fig. 2, with the gas mantle removed.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawing, 10, designates a carton, comprising a cylindrical shell, 11, having a bottom portion 12, secured therein, and having a removable cap or top 13, upon its open upper end. The cap has a downturned annular flange adapted to extend over the upper edge of the cylindrical shell,

in accordance with the commonwell-known edge portion of the cylindrical shell. 'tending rinward and radially from the ring practice,to -hold the-cap' in place upon the v shell. l

v*' llhe mantle is vseen at 14:, and may comprise the usual supporting ring 15, of lire clay or other suitable fire proof material,

and' the gas mantle 16, secured thereto in the usual manner. The ring 15, isy provided with the usual horizontal mantle supportlng lugs 17, there being three in number, and having end' portions that project inward over the top of the ring and other portions that project outward beyond the outer margin of the ring.

The mantle support 18, is permanently secured to the ring 15, and has a member 19, by means of which the mantle may be handled, andwhich is arranged to rest upon the upper edge of the shell 11, of the carton, whenever the mantle is placed therein, to thereby removably support the mantle in the carton and out of contact with the inner wall of the shell. In the preferred embodiment of the invention said member 19, is in the fo-rm of a ring of larger diameter than -the mantle, and having -a downturned flange 20,arranged to extend down over the upper portion 19, are lug engaging members 21, there being three in number, one for each lug 17, ofthe mantle ring 15, and said lug engaging members are formed with tongues y22, 23, arranged to project down along the sides of said lugs 17, each lug engaging member khaving at least one tongue which is bent underneath the lower side of the adj acent lug, as at 24, so as to securely fasten the support 18, to the mantle ring 15. Said tongues 22, 23, engage those portions of the lugs 17, which project beyond the outer side of the mantle ring, so as not to interfere with the inner ends of said lugs which are employed for supporting the mantle upon gas burners of the ordinary type used 1n connection with inverted incandescent mantles.

From the above it is perfectly evident that the incandescent mantle may be hanwhich rests thereon. Byfmaking the flange 20, of such diameter as to fit fairly tight upon the shell, lateral play of the gas manremove the mantle, the cap is detached, Y,

whereupon the supporting portion 18, of the mantle may be grasped and the latter Withdrawn from the shell. The mantle With its attached support 18 may then be attached to Y a gas burner in the usual manner WithV the inner ends ofthe lugs 17, resting in the mantle supporting members of the burner. The support 18, forms a handle like member for facilitating the handling of the fragile gas mantle and operates to hold the gas mantle out of contact With theinner Wall of the carton, and variations in diameter of the mantle do not interfere With the operation of the support unless the diameter is made larger than that of the support.

More or less variation oi' the exact details of construction is possible Without departing` from the spirit of this invention, and I desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but intend in the following claims to point out all of the invention disclosed herein.

l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An incandescent mantle, comprising a gas mantle, a ring for suspending said gas y nular permanently secured to said ring, said supporting member being adapted to support the gas mantle and its ring in a carton, and having an annular, downturned flange arranged to bear against the side Wall of the carton for preventing lateral play therein.

8. An incandescent mantle, comprising a gas mantle, a ring for suspending the same, a lianged annular supporting member, arranged to rest upon the open end of a carton containing the mantle, said supporting membei' haring ring gripping tongues formed integral therewith for securing said supporting member to said ring.

4i. Means for temporarily supporting incandescent gas mantles in cartons, comprising a ring portion having a downturned flange, and radial arms formed With lug engaging tongues for securing said ring portion to the mantle.

f5. lil/leans for temporarily supporting incandescent gas mantles in cartons, comprising a ring portion having a downturned anliange, and radial lug engaging tongues for securing the ring portion to the mantle. r

(i. Means for temporarily supporting incandescent gas mantles in cartons, compris- Y ing a ring portion having a doWnturned flange along its outer edge and radially projecting' lug engaging arms on its inner edge, said arms being formed With lug embracing tongues for securing the ring portion to the mantle.

7. Means for temporarily supporting in" candescent gas mantles in cartons, comprising a ring portion formed with an annular downturned flange along its outerl edge, a plurality of radial arms formed on the inner edge of the ring, each of said arms having a pair of downturned lug engaging tongues, at least one of each pair of tongues being bent to underlie the arm from which it projects, and hold a lug therebetween.

ABRAHAM HERSKOVITZ.

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